India has successfully test fired
indigenously built
nuclear capable Agni-1 ballistic missile which can hit a target 700 km away.
It is part of the user trial by the Army from a test range of Odisha coast.
The surface-to-surface missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island), defence officials said.
This is a missile with a detailed navigation system making sure it can hit the target with high degree of accuracy and precision.
Weighing 15 tonnes, the missile is 15m long and can carry a payload of more than 1 ton.
Strike range can be increased by reducing the payload.
The missile was developed by DRDO in collaboration with Defence Research Development Laboratory and Research Centre Imarat and integrated by Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad.
